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Jane Darwell

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Actress | * 10/15/1879 († 87, 08/13/1967) | Palmyra, Missouri (United States of America (USA))
Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard; October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil ride into Tombstone and leave brother James in charge of their cattle herd. On their return they find their cattle stolen and James dead. Wyatt takes on t ...

My Darling Clementine

Certification unknown

1946 | 3.7/5 | 1h 37min
Western, Romance / Love
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Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they he ...

The Grapes of Wrath

NR

1940 | 3.9/5 | 2h 9min
Drama
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A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot. ...

The Ox-Bow Incident

NR

1943 | 3.9/5 | 1h 16min
Western, Drama
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The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. ...

Gone with the Wind

G

1939 | 4.0/5 | 3h 53min
Drama, War, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Jane Darwell

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Jane Darwell as Actress(158)

as The Bird Woman1964 Mary Poppins
as Grandma Wilson1959 Hound-Dog Man
as Delia1958 The Last Hurrah
as Mme Rogers1956 There's Always Tomorrow
as Matron Jamieson1956 Girls in Prison
as Jenny1955 Hit the Deck
as Landlady1955 A Life at Stake
as Mrs. Connelley1953 The Bigamist
as Aurora Ratchitt1953 The Sun Shines Bright
as Ma Stanton1953 Affair with a Stranger
as Mrs. Spatch1953 It Happens Every Thursday
as Mrs. Bush1952 We're Not Married!
as Mack1951 Journey Into Light
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan1951 The Lemon Drop Kid
as Mrs. Belden1951 Excuse My Dust
as Mrs. Murphy1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Hattie Hickory1950 Redwood Forest Trail
as Molly Hale1950 Surrender
as Minerva Bobbin1950 Father's Wild Game
as Mrs. Lockridge1950 The Second Face
as Mrs. Wurdeman1950 Three Husbands
as Isolation Matron1950 Caged
as Sister Ledyard1950 Wagon Master
as Aunt Jane1949 Red Canyon
as Miss Florie1948 3 Godfathers
as Aunt Ella1948 Train to Alcatraz
as Mrs. Ferris1947 Keeper of the Bees
as Aggie Curtis1947 The Red Stallion
as Kate Nelson1946 My Darling Clementine
as Aunt Hattie1946 The Dark Horse
as Sister Mary Brigid1946 Three Wise Fools
as Mrs. Patterson1945 I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Tugboat Annie1945 Captain Tugboat Annie
as Mrs. Henderson1944 Tender Comrade
as Minister's wife1944 The Impatient Years
as Mrs. Pearson1944 Music in Manhattan
as Mom1944 She's a Sweetheart
as Mrs. Connors1944 Reckless Age
as Jenny Grier1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
as herself1943 Stage Door Canteen
as Miss Trask (uncredited)1943 Government Girl
as Aunt Emma Forrester1943 Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Grandma Fogarty1942 Highways by Night
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie1942 Men of Texas
as Mrs. Donahue1942 All Through the Night
as Grandmother Nora Campbell1942 Young America
as Aunt Emma Forrester1942 The Great Gildersleeve
as Mariah Clemm1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Narrator (voice)1942 The Battle of Midway
as Mrs. Maguire1942 It Happened in Flatbush
as Annie1942 On the Sunny Side
as Katie1941 Small Town Deb
as Grandma Allen1941 Thieves Fall Out
as Miss Adams1941 Private Nurse
as Ma Stone1941 All That Money Can Buy
as Supervisor Stormer1940 Youth Will Be Served
as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine1940 Chad Hanna
as Ma Joad1940 The Grapes of Wrath
as Eliza Kent1940 Brigham Young
as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty1940 Untamed
as Mrs. Herman1939 Miracle on Main Street
as Mrs. Allen1939 20,000 Men a Year
as Mrs. Merriwether1939 Gone with the Wind
as Mrs. Keefe1939 Grand Jury Secrets
as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother1939 Jesse James
as Sophie1939 The Zero Hour
as Aunt Mary Perkins1939 Inside Story
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley1939 The Rains Came
as Mrs. Callahan1939 Unexpected Father
as Mrs. Rogers1938 Battle Of Broadway
as Nurse Waldron1938 Five of a Kind
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother1938 The Jury's Secret
as Mrs. Thompson1938 Change of Heart
as Mrs. Kilian1938 Three Blind Mice
as Polly, Helen's supervisor1938 Time Out for Murder
as Miss Hutchins1938 Little Miss Broadway
as Mrs. Marlowe1937 Slave Ship
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Nurse Sarah Keats1937 The Great Hospital Mystery
as Mrs. Flaherty1937 Love Is News
as Ma Marine1937 The Singing Marine
as Mrs. Krueger1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Aunt Cynthia Barton1937 Dangerously Yours
as Mrs. Henry1937 Fifty Roads to Town
as Mrs. Harold1936 Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Frisby1936 Private Number
as Maud Mahoney1936 White Fang
as Glory Bradford1936 Laughing at Trouble
as Woodward1936 Poor Little Rich Girl
as Mrs. Eliza Croft1936 Captain January
as Mrs. Martha Lind1936 Star for a Night
as Mrs. Ellis1936 The First Baby
as Dora1936 Paddy O'Day
as Mrs. Graham1936 The Country Doctor
as Eva Bradley1936 Little Miss Nobody
as Ida Harris1935 Life Begins at Forty
as Mrs. Denham1935 Curly Top
as Mary Sweeney1935 One More Spring
as Grandma1935 Metropolitan
as Mrs. Walsh1935 We're Only Human
as Nora McFadden1935 McFadden´s Flats
as Mrs. Louise Keats1935 Navy Wife
as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother1935 Wig-Wag
as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady1934 Happiness Ahead
as Maude (uncredited)1934 Finishing School
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother1934 One Night of Love
as Ma Taylor1934 Blind Date
as Mrs. O'Keefe1934 Let's Talk It Over
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)1934 The Scarlet Empress
1934 The Scarlet Empress
as Miss Robets1934 The White Parade
as Customer1934 Fashions of 1934
as Gladys - the Wife1934 Heat Lightning
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)1934 Million Dollar Ransom
as Baroness (uncredited)1934 Wonder Bar
as Frederick's Mother1934 Desirable
as Mrs. Higgins1934 Bright Eyes
as Mrs. Wood1934 Once to Every Woman
as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)1934 Cross Country Cruise
as Landlady1934 Gentlemen Are Born
as Mrs. Mc Gowan1934 Change of Heart
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)1934 Journal of a Crime
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)1934 David Harum
as Mrs. O'Day1934 Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. Stuckelberger1934 Embarrassing Moments
as Mary O'Brien1934 Tomorrow's Youth
as Mrs. Lane1933 Only Yesterday
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)1933 Ann Vickers
as Mrs. Marble1933 Before Dawn
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)1933 Roman Scandals
as Mrs. Case1933 He Couldn't Take It
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)1933 Murders in the Zoo
as Mrs. McGonagle1933 Child of Manhattan
as Curtis' Housekeeper1933 Design for Living
1933 The Past of Mary Holmes
as Boardinghouse Keeper1933 Jennie Gerhardt
as Nurse Esmond1933 The Girl in 419
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)1933 Emergency Call
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton1933 Bondage
as Mrs. Williams1933 King for a Night
as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)1933 Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Ma Kearny1933 Air Hostess
as Mrs. Lind1933 One Sunday Afternoon
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt1932 Back Street
as Mrs. Walter Robinson1932 Women Won't Tell
as School Teacher (Uncredited)1932 Young America
as Alice's Aunt1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Mrs. Brock1932 Hot Saturday
as Widow Douglas1931 Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs. Turner1931 Ladies of the Big House
as Widow Douglas1930 Tom Sawyer
as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)1923 Little Church Around the Corner
as Housekeeper (uncredited)1920 The Restless Sex
as Madam (uncredited)1915 Hypocrites
as Mrs. Van Buren1915 The Rug Maker's Daughter
as Irma1915 The Goose Girl
as Mrs. Tyler1914 Ready Money
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother1914 The Rose of the Rancho

TV Shows/Series with Jane Darwell as Actress(11)

as Mrs. Leah Mulligan1963 Burke's Law
as Mamie Carnation1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1957 Maverick
1955 Matinee Theater
1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954 Lassie
as B. Cool1954 Climax!
as Mrs. Koestler1954 Climax!
as Irene Townsend1953 Letter to Loretta
as Minna1952 Cavalcade of America
as Anna - Maid1948 Studio One

Full Name: Jane Darwell
Born: Wednesday, 10/15 1879 (October) in Palmyra, Missouri (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 08/13 1967 (August) in Woodland Hills (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Jane Darwell (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Patti Woodard"
Jane Darwell frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
Everett Sloane (20x, Actor)
Harry Townes (19x, Actor)
James Daly (17x, Actor)
Thomas Little (17x, Crew)
John Ford (15x, Crew)
Darryl F. Zanuck (15x, Crew)
Skip Homeier (15x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (15x, Actor)
Nina Foch (14x, Actress)
Harry Harvey (14x, Actor)
Ross Elliott (14x, Actor)
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